Elliot Morley MP

alansouthcoast · Elliot Morley MP

I have to be careful what i say here due to libel laws. It seems Mr Morley may have committed fraud and theft, reading the link below. If so he should be dealt with in the same way someone I know who who committed benefit fraud.... Taken to court and face the consequences. That is the right and proper thing to do. Incidentally she ( My friend ) has to pay back everything she claimed and do 100 hours community service. Rightly so in my view. She faces prison if she fails to comply.

Two things bother me with this article though. Firstly should the police or DPP leak details prior to charges being laid. My own view is that they shouldnt, and should even face charges for doing so.

My second point is will we now see one or two scapegoats charged, with the rest being allowed to resign at the next election. That really would be a shame and a cover up at the highest level.

The whole sorry affair comes from a lack of control on MP`s expenses where everyone had a finger in the public purse pie, Brown included. I dont know about you, but I expect way better from those we elect. The common plea so far has been, the commons office said it was okay, to me that just another cop out. Incidentally the tax office are said to be investigating 27 MP`s. This doesnt prove guilt but it does provide doubts about those that serve us in public office.

lochsong

Bunch of crooks.

Where's the link?

alansouthcoast

dogsaver

geordie_racer

alansouthcoast

http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/rp2004/rp04-061.pdf

Scroll to page 21 onwards, there are lists here on the subject.

dogsaver

Owl of Minerva

accajacca

geordie_racer

it helps to read the intro...

Among MPs returned to Parliament after the 2001 general election the most common
occupations across the three major parties were teachers (117 MPs) and company executives
or directors (77 MPs). In 2001, company executives and directors comprised 30% of the
Conservative parliamentary party. The most common occupations among Labour MPs were
teachers (24%) and company executive or director (25%) among Liberal Democrat MPs.

if you read on there were 38 lawyers in parliament after the 2001 election and insufficient bankers to be seperately listed

"mainly"

Gorg_George

BENT - the lot of them.

dogsaver

just go's to show that there is a lot of money wasted in teaching teachers to do a job that they don't stay in, because they find something that they can earn more money at, and george is right to many of them have got their best interest at heart,but thats not only teachers it happens in all the professions that go on to become political,wether local or national

Tagalie

So who are allowed to be politicians then?

Gorg_George

Scamming waste of space human being is apparently the requisite for the job.

Machiavellian

Jaysu

jennywales

Quite! By the very nature of the job and the way you become a politician, the job is self-selecting (ie anyone can be a politician if they want to be one enough, join a party, work in it for a while, get selected, campaign, get elected and then fight to keep your seat).

Like any other job, there are good ones and bad ones. And voters have the last word over who they elect. I suspect that the next Parliament will see a quite radical change in the personnel roster.....